ކޮށާރު

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Dhivehi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit कोष्ठागार (koṣṭhāgāra, “a granary, store-room, a treasure, an inner apartment, hollow in a tree”). Cognate to Urdu کوتھَرِ (kothrī, “a small room, a cabin; a closet”). Doublet of ކޮޓަރި (koṭari)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ko.ʂaː.ɾu/, [ko.ʂaː.ɾu]
  • Hyphenation: ކޮ‧ށާ‧ރު

Noun[edit]

ކޮށާރު • (koṣāru) (plural ކޮށާރުތައް (koṣārutak̊))

  1. granary, garner, storeroom, storehouse

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކޮށާރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 147
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